prologueI had something different in store for my twitterive project. When I looked at my tweets I was going to head in a direction that was true to me but was also complex and something I wasn't comfortable with expressing. As I looked through my other tweets, I noticed that I mentioned my work (manager at petsmart petshotel) and how much I loved the dogs that go there and I see everyday. Then I got the idea of talking about the hotel in a dog's point of view. I decided to pick one of our new regulars. Her name is Chasey and she is 5 months old. She comes 3x a week and spends a week or so with us when her family goes on vacation. Dogs are a huge part of my life because they are my favorite animal. I also have two dogs of my own who I love so much and I have fallen in love with these dogs that I spend most of my time with :) |
vacation time"Chasey.. Chasey, wake up it's time to go to the hotel to see your friends!" I could hear my mother talking to me as I woke up from a restful sleep. I know exactly what she means when she says it's time to go see my friends. I loved going to day camp! I went there to see my friends a few times a week. My mom would wake me up early and we would play all day and after I went back to my room, it was then my mom would pick me up and we would head home for the night.
This time, mom packed a bunch of stuff. I saw my blanket, my bed, my kibble, my bones, and my toys. She usually doesn't bring my stuff. Oh well! At least I will have all of my favorite things with me! This morning, my while family was in car. Together all of us drove to the hotel. How exciting! I knew the drive like the back of my paw. I knew we were close when I saw the bright red and blue sign. I was so excited that I couldn't help myself! I had to race my family there. The window was wide open so I decided to jump out and race my family to the hotel. "CHASEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I did a quick tumble but then I was on my feet.. running to the big black doors. My family screamed while running toward me. I don't understand why, I thought it would be fun to beat my family to the hotel. They seemed mad at me. My mom grabbed my pink leash and gave it a tug. Ouch. I guess she is mad at me. |
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7 a.m. the check inWe walked into the store together and I was greeted by my human friends. I saw my favorite girl, Drea. She is really nice and always gives me tons of treats. (That's why I like her so much!) Christina came over and gave me a belly rub. I was in heaven. My mom was talking to the girls and they took all of my things and started writing everything down, they asked my mom questions like, "How much food should we give and how many times a day?" I answered for her. Woof Woof! I love food! I want the food now please? Then I heard Drea ask, "Did you want to add ice cream and a snack kong?" I was very happy when I heard my mom say, "Yes, every day!" I was so excited I couldn't stop jumping! My mom yelled at me.. again. "CHASEY! Stop. No. No jump!" I don't understand why she wants me to stop jumping when I'm so happy to be here and see my friends!
My family gathered around me. They kept saying, "Bye Chasey, we will miss you!" What do you mean guys?! You'll see my later after I'm done wrestling with my friends! They gave me kisses and back scratches. I decided to give them a nice lickin'. "CHASEY!!" Why am I always getting yelled at? |
9 a.m. first camp sessionDrea grabbed my leash and collar and Christina took my stuff. I watched my family leave and I walked back with the girls. They set me up in big room with a T.V. I looked up and saw that my favorite movie was on. See Spot Run! Christina set my bed up and gave me my bone. I decided to curl up in my bed and listen to the sound of the T.V.
I must have dozed off, but then I heard Alyssa say, "C'mon Chasey! Let's go play with your friends!" YAAAY! I was ready! When I got to the playroom, all of my friends were already in there. I started wrestling with Bubba! He knew how to have a good time! He started biting my tail and ears so I got him back! He chased me around the playroom and then I would turn and chase him! HA! We did for an hour or so. He went to the water bowl to get a drink and then he laid down to rest.. Who else could I bother? I saw Lando sitting in the corner.. guarding his toys. I know what I'll do. I will steal them! I ran up and grabbed his blue ball! He didn't even know what hit him. He started chasing me around the playroom. Then, we played tug of war with one of his toys. It was SOO much fun! He didn't seem happy.. but I didn't care because I wanted to play! After Lando got his toys back, I decided to really need to go poop. I walked up to Alyssa and started to let her know how I felt! I gave her a whimper and she opened to the playroom door to let me go into the relief room. AHHHH.. what a relief. Let me just turn around here and give that a good sniff.. mmm... yeaaah... Don't mind if I do.. I'm definitely going to eat this. "CHASEY!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!! That's sooo gross!" Alyssa yelled at me. What's wrong? It's mine! I'm recycling! She wasn't too happy.. I didn't care. I did it once and I will do it again! |
here are some of chasey's friends. |
12 p.m. snack kongAfter camp was over, Alyssa brought me back into my room. I was so tired. I decided to lay in my fluffy bed. Drea came in and brought me a snack. PEANUT BUTTER! My favorite! I loved this treat. It was so delicious. I took my time and licked the peanut butter off.. enjoying each lick. It was so amazing. Then, after that was all gone, there were cookies on the inside. I found a trick to getting them out. I picked up the kong with my mouth and tossed it around the room. It would bounce and all of the cookies would come out! YUUUMMM! After I ate the cookies, I loved to chew on the red kong. It would really hit the spot when I needed to chew! I laid in my room and played with my toy.
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1 p.m. second camp sessionWhat seemed like a short time, Christina greeted me at my room. "C'mon Chasey! Time to go back into camp!" She said. When I got to the playroom, I saw my buddy Harley. I haven't seen him in a few days. He was fun to play with. I grabbed his tail and chased him around. Ohh, Seven has a blue toy.. let me take it from her.. There goes Harley again, let me get him.. Oh, Foster wants to play? HERE I AM! Harley, where are you? There you are! I started to chase him all around the playroom. BOOMER! I want that toy! I was having a blast. Every now and then, I would get yelled at..
"Chasey, you're being too rough, time out!" "Chasey, stop pulling Harley's ear!" "Chasey, stop playing in the water bowl!" "Chasey, stop eating your poop!" "Chasey.. Chasey.. CHASEY!!!!" .....What is up everyone's butt today? |
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5 p.m. dinner and ice cream timeAfter a long day with my friends, I was brought back to my room. I was exhaused. I rolled onto my back and crashed.
I woke up when I heard someone come into my room. "Chasey, it's time for dinner and once you're finished, I have your ice cream!" As soon as the food bowl was on the floor, I jumped for it. I ate it so quickly.. I didn't want to waste one kibble. I sat and waited patiently for my ice cream. I was promised the ice cream. Where is the ice cream!? "Chasey! Good girl! You finished your dinner.. well, you inhaled your dinner.. here is your dessert!" I dove right into it...ahhh... cold.. brain freeze.. so good.. can't stop.. I licked that bowl clean. |
after dinner walks & bed timeI decided to sleep again. I was so tired and I felt like I couldn't stand up any longer. I got a good snooze in. I heard my room door open up. "Chasey, let's go, it's time for your walk." Jennea said. She looped the lead around my neck and walked me to the back playroom. Most of my friends were in here. I went over the them and decided to give them a good sniff to find out what they were doing. I walked up to Sarge and sniffed his butt... okay got it. Then I walked up to Ogey and sniffed his butt.. Uh huh.. interesting. Then I walked up to Maya and sniffed her butt, she was pooping.. Oh, let me help you clean that up Maya....
"CHASEY!!!!!! STOP GROSS!" What??? I don't understand what the problem is here! I walked around and hung out with my friends. Then, I was told is was time to go to bed. It was okay because I was still tired from camp. I needed my beauty sleep. I went to my room and Jennea turned off my T.V. and wrapped me in my blanket. Before I knew it, everything went dark. I woke up in the middle of the night and I had to pee. I looked around my room and saw Dave, the night guy, walking around. Hey! Bark bark bark! "Hey Chasey, do you want to go potty? Let's go to the relief room." He said. He took me to that room and I started to squat... ahhh... feels so good to let loose. He brought me back to my room and I tucked myself into my bed. |
exit bath and packed up ready to go...The next few days were the same...They were filled with fun, poop eating, water splashing and chasey yelling in camp!
Today I woke up and started to wonder how my family was doing. I haven't seen them in a few days and I didn't understand why. Usually, they were always there to get me when they were finished work. Were they mad at me because I jumped out of the car? Can't I just tell them that I was just kidding? I didn't mean to make them mad. I was just having fun! Drea greeted me and she took me to this small room on the other side of the hotel. She attached me to the bath tub and turned on the hose. WATER!! BATH!! BATH TIME! I LOVE WATER! I was so excited that I started to jump and shake and I ate the bubbles that passed me by. "Chasey! Stay still.. I have to scrub you! Chasey, don't shake! You're going to get me all wet!" Drea said. What was this human upset about? Getting wet was the best part of my day! |